Over 13,000km of Roads Constructed under Akufo-Addo Regime- Asenso Boakye refute Road Minister

Former Minister for Roads and Highways, Francis Asenso-Boakye, has pushed back strongly against recent comments by his successor, Kwame Agbodza, challenging the previous government’s record on road infrastructure.

Mr. Agbodza, now Minister for Roads and Highways, had cast doubt on claims that the Akufo-Addo administration constructed over 13,000 kilometers of roads, describing the figure as exaggerated and unverified based on his own nationwide inspections.

But in a detailed rebuttal, Mr. Asenso-Boakye described the current minister’s assertions as misleading and part of a “worrying trend of deliberate distortion and political double standards.”

“Between 2017 and the end of 2024, the Akufo-Addo administration successfully delivered 13,724 kilometers of road projects,” he stated, noting that the figure includes new roads, rehabilitations, graveling, upgrading, and partial reconstructions.

He emphasized that the data was compiled by the Ministry’s Monitoring and Evaluation Directorate, a technical team composed of professional engineers, not politicians. “The only director who retained his position after the recent reshuffle is the head of Monitoring and Evaluation—the same person who compiled this data under my tenure,” Asenso-Boakye revealed.

“If the Minister questions the data, he should have the integrity to engage the Director directly, instead of resorting to political propaganda,” he added.

Mr. Asenso-Boakye also accused Mr. Agbodza of flip-flopping on the issue of single-source procurement. He recalled that while in opposition, Agbodza was a vocal critic of the Akufo-Addo government’s use of the method, but now appears to defend it in his own tenure.

“At his press briefing, he said it doesn’t matter what procurement method is used once engineers approve the estimates. Is that not a clear case of double standards?” he questioned.

The former minister urged his successor to uphold the Ministry’s reputation as a technical body rather than a platform for partisan communication.

“If Hon. Agbodza wants to be taken seriously, he must rise above partisanship and communicate with honesty and data-backed evidence,” Mr. Asenso-Boakye concluded.